Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.1, Electrum, struck at Mytilene, 521–478 BC. Obverse: bull forepart walking. Reverse: lion head incuse. Weight about 2.6 g, diameter 11.0 mm.
| mint | Mytilene | weight | 2.55g (1) |
| ruler | — | diameter | ⌀11.0 (1) |
| denomination | — | axis | 2↕ (1) |
| material | Electrum | technique | — |
| country | Greece | dataset | IRIS — Greek coinage (greekcoinage.org) |
obverse
Bull forepart walking
reverse
Lion head incuse
specimens (2)
British Museum
2.55g
⌀11.0
2↕
BnF (IRIS)
Cite this coin
Mytilene Bodenstedt 1981 Series 1.1 (mytilene_bodenstedt_1981_series_1.1), 521–478 BC. Corpus Apertum Nummorum Orbis Antiqui (CANOA). https://canoanumis.org/coins/mytilene-bodenstedt-1981-series-11/ (accessed: 2026-09-12). Full citation guidance: How to cite CANOA